Fixing element, in particular for fixing facing panels
US5352077A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 28, 1993 |
| Grant date | Oct 4, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 28, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF16B2013/007
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A fixing element of metal, in particular for fixing facing panels, has a slotted expansible sleeve arranged to be expanded into an undercut of a drilled hole and having an inner bore with a slotted part, and an expander element effecting an expansion of the expansible sleeve and arranged to clamp an article to a facing panel. The expansible sleeve has a plurality of inwardly bent expansible segments having a leading end face and an outer surface and provided with a circumfernetial enlargement arranged on the outer surface of the expansible segment in the region of the leading end face. The expander element is formed as a blind rivet with a rivet shank and a clench head which is drawn with the rivet shank into the slotted part of the inner bore of the expansible sleeve and riveted.
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